堠

堠 · hòu

battlements, battlemented walls

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hòu
Cantonese
hau6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

battlements, battlemented walls

Dictionary definitions & readings

堠 hòu · mounds for beacons

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10465.010:hòu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0467.070:hòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
139.150:hòu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hòu粵hau6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ グ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
후:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡遘 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GONK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4713.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0233.140 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
437.36 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5820
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7297

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
堠
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
huwH · 胡遘 · 流開一去侯匣 · #3061

PHONO-ML, source line 15873; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
325.103
kDaeJaweon
0470.300
kHanYu
10465.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0470.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10465.010
kIRGKangXi
0233.140
kKangXi
0233.140
kMatthews
2138
kMeyerWempe
687c
kMorohashi
05253
kSBGY
437.36
kSMSZD2003Index
135.20
kCangjie
GONK
kFourCornerCode
4713.4
kMojiJoho
MJ009151
kPhonetic
446
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C29
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B3FB
kIRG_JSource
J14-2521
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3BF2
kIRG_KSource
K1-7463
kIRG_TSource
T1-5E61
kRSUnicode
32.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
B3FB
kCCCII
21772B
kCNS1986
1-5E61
kCNS1992
1-5E61
kEACC
21772B
kGB0
6009
kGB1
6009
kJIS0213
2,05,01
kJis1
2406
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1028
kTGH
2013:7297
kTaiwanTelegraph
1028
kXerox
302:242
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14434+32.3.9
kCantonese
hau6
kDefinition
battlements, battlemented walls
kFanqie
胡遘
kHangul
후:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10465.010:hòu
kJapanese
コウ グ
kJapaneseKun
MONOMI
kJapaneseOn
KOU KU
kKorean
HWU
kMandarin
hòu
kSMSZD2003Readings
hòu粵hau6
kTGHZ2013
139.150:hòu
kXHC1983
0467.070:hòu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 堠0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
土 beside 侯 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰土侯$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰土侯$(GHTJKP)

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